Make Our Students
Workforce Ready
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Presenters
Jamie Elfenbein, Regional Manager, GreyStone Staffing
•SHRM – who, what, when
Hassan Abdulhaqq, Human Resource Manager,
Bethpage Federal Credit Union
•The urgency of working together as partners to make
our students, K – 16, workforce ready.
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Presenters
Susan Gubing, Industry/Education Consultant, Career
Smarts
•Defining Workforce Readiness
Barbara Schwartz, Instructor Adelphi and Human
Resources Consultant
•Defining computer and financial literacy and
making the connections
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Society For Human Resource
Management
SHRM
Workforce Ready Initiative
Workforce Ready Committee
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SHRM/EDUCATION Partnership
Reality!
Urgency!
Rewards!
Knowledge
Skills
Attitudes
It takes
It takes an Island to Prepare a Workforce!
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Workforce Ready
Defined
Academics
and
Career and Technical
Education
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Transition Skills:
•Pre-employment skills
•How to package and sell
“your brand.”
Decision
Makers
Vendors
Temp/Project
Workers
5 – 10
jobs/careers
in a lifetime
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Work
Force
Ready
21st
Century
Skills
for Job
Success
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
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Transferable Skills
Boot Camp
Communications
Critical Thinking
Problem or Solution Solving
Use of Resources
Use of Technology
Working in Teams
Global Awareness
Time Management
Multi-tasking
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Earl S. Flat
Work Force
Ready
Resumes
Brand:
What skills I have to offer
your company.
Validate
Knowledge,
Skills, Experience
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Computer Literacy
Software Applications:
Word documents, forms
Spreadsheets
Media presentations
Desktop publishing -flyers
and brochures
Database
Email communications
Research
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Financial Literacy
Checkbooks
Online banking
Charge Cards
Debt
Savings
Investments
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Make the Connections
LI Works Coalition
www.liworks.org
Junior Achievement
www.jany.org
•Speakers
•Advisory Boards
Short term
learning activities
(SHRM members will
register with LI Works)
Resources
Work Experience
Coordinators
Association
www.careersmarts.com
•www.nysweca.org/li.htm
•PowerPoint's
•Publications
•Real World Scenarios
•Internships
•Shadowing
•Work Experience
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ACTION STEPS
Begin to make
changes in your
delivery of instruction
and assessment.
·
Make the connections
to enhance your
efforts.
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Thank You for …
Listening…
Caring….
Making a difference in the training
of our future workforce!
Questions
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